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Air & Space Display

This July, the State Library is celebrating South Carolina air and space history!

Come visit the library to peruse the display case featuring items from the South Carolina, State Documents, and Federal Documents Collections.

Items in our display case for Air & Space month.

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Photo of Matilda Evans, courtesy of Wikicommons.

South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer

August 26, 2025, 3:00 PM

Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with the authors of South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer, Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr., Beverly Aiken Muhammad, and Anusha Ghosh on Thursday, August 26 at 3:00 PM at the State Library. South Carolina Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer is the official biography of Dr. Matilda Evans, the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina.

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